The wings of the mosquito beat approximately 500 times a second. This is why the sound is perceived by the human ear as a buzzing sound. This rate, which seems like a physical impossibility to us, has been established as a result of very sensitive measurements and is a truly astonishing figure.

An example can help us to understand the subject more easily. If someone's arms were tied to a machine and made to flap 500 times a second, the outcome would not be favorable at all: The shoulder joint would rupture, the connections would burn, all the ligaments holding the arm together would snap and the arm would be completely disabled. If the movement was made for more than a second, the shoulder would be dislocated and the arm would break off. This movement, which is impossible for humans, is part of the daily life of the mosquito.

Naturally, this miraculous ability is realised with the help of various support systems innate in the mosquito.

First and foremost, the muscles and connectors that make the wings flap have to be extremely strong and resilient.

The second condition is that these muscles have to be provided with energy. As we know, cells use oxygen to synthesise energy. Resilience increases in direct proportion to an increased capacity for the use of oxygen.

In the human body, oxygen from the lungs is taken into the blood whereby it is carried to the body cells. The reason a person gets tired when running is that the necessary oxygen is not carried to the cells in time. Another reason is the appearance of lactic acid in the cells of the muscles. If the cells cannot get rid of this acid, a feeling of fatigue ensues.

This situation is somewhat different for mosquitoes. In order to beat their wings, which are nearly the size of their bodies, 500 times a second, the mosquito needs a great deal of oxygen.

Accordingly, the mosquito's respiratory system is created specifically to meet this requirement. The respiratory system consists of a respiratory tube that reaches almost every cell. As this tube makes direct contact with the outside air, the cells are able to get oxygen without an intermediary substance. And waste substances can also be passed from the cells into the atmosphere by means of these tubes. This is how the mosquito manages to flap its wings thousands of times a minute without tiring.

The fact that the mosquito can beat its wings so rapidly gives it many advantages in flying. It can fly up and down vertically, and can move forwards and backwards with ease. The mosquito is like a perfect machine that has many flight features superior to those of a helicopter or a plane.

For a helicopter or a plane to fly, specially refined fuel is used. Before each flight, it has to be refuelled with this somewhat expensive fuel. On the other hand, the mosquito gets all its energy from the nectar it feeds on. Planes and helicopters undergo maintenance before every flight, and the engine parts are periodically renewed. Encountering no such problems, the mosquito keeps on flying throughout its life, thanks to the strength of the muscles on its back.

Present day aircraft have acquired their current features as a result of years of research and lengthy experimentation. The pool of knowledge utilised has accumulated over hundreds of years. At every stage of development, human brain power and design has been employed. But however advanced technology may be, man is way behind the flight technology found in nature. No existing technology can make a machine with the dimensions and the flight characteristics of a mosquito.

It should not be forgotten that the being we are comparing with machines is a 10 mm (0.4 inch) creature composed of millions of small living parts (cells). With its circulation, excretory and nervous systems, a heart that constantly beats, eyes that see, its receptor systems and millions of cells synthesizing proteins, it is a far more complicated fusion than a plane or a helicopter.

When asked how planes or helicopters are made, people will say that they are made by senior engineers in advanced factories. They know only too well how ridiculous and illogical it would be to claim that these aircraft were formed as a result of the chance fusion of metals. But a percentage of the same people will claim that the mosquito, which is not even brought into the debate as being superior to the two types of aircraft, came into existence as the result of "coincidences occurring in the evolutionary process," in other words, without any kind of planner. For it is difficult for them to accept the existence of a planner, that is to say, the existence of God, because that would entail cleansing themselves of their "ideological" reasoning, which would be contrary to their interests.

They are only deceiving themselves in so doing. The mosquito is an insect that came into existence after going through a number of miraculous phases in a swamp or a pool of water. Whatever stage technology may develop to, it cannot bring a living thing into existence, not even a single fly. Because creation is the preserve of God, the Lord of the worlds. And every creation is evidence of His existence. The judgement given in the Qur'an; "... Those whom you call upon besides God are not even able to create a single fly, even if they were to join together to do it..." (Qur'an, 22:73) is valid for all eternity for those who deny His existence, and shows the extent to which they contradict and deceive themselves.